Samhain Oil Blends

I am here today to give you some recipes for non-food items. Today we are talking about essential oil blends for Samhain. These blends can be used to anoint candles, and since they are diluted with a carrier oil, you can also use them (carefully) on your skin. 

As we all know, this time of year is when the veil is thinnest. The spirit world can communicate with our world, and we honor our ancestors in various ways, engage in fortune telling for the coming year, and celebrate the end of the old year. I've written previously about my beliefs for the year - it ends at Samhain, and then we have an "in-between" time until Yule. That's the time of year that I eat a vegetarian diet, which I've also blogged about. I'll dig up some links for any new readers, if you would like. 

Below is a list of various essential oils and their properties that carry energies that fit with this particular sabbat. I have also included recipes for blends that combine properties and smell good together, in case you want to anoint yourself for ritual. When I do this, I tend to focus on the inner wrists, the heart, and the third eye chakra. 

• ·       Basil -Conscious mind, peace
• ·       Bay - psychic awareness
• ·       Bergamot  - Peace, happiness, restful sleep        
• ·       Black Pepper - Mental alertness, protection, courage     
• ·       Cedarwood   - Spirituality, anti-hex
• ·       Cinnamon  - Protection, psychic awareness, healing
• ·       Clove Bud - Healing, memory, protection, courage          
• ·       Frankincense - Spirituality, meditation, astral strength
• ·       Ginger- Magical energy, love, courage
• ·       Grapefruit -  Purification
• ·       Jasmine   - Love, calming, peace, spirituality, psychic dreaming    
• ·       Lavender - Health, love, peace, relaxing
• ·       Lemongrass  - Psychic awareness, purification   
• ·       Myrrh - Spirituality, meditation, healing
• ·       Orange  - Purification, joy, magical energy           
• ·       Patchouli  - Honors the Earth
• ·       Pine - Healing, purification, protection, magical energy  
• ·       Rosemary  - Remembrance, love, conscious mind healing, purification
• ·       Rose  - Love, peace
• ·       Sandalwood  - Spirituality, healing, purification, meditation        
• ·       Tangerine  - Protection,  wards off psychic and social vampires
• ·       Vanilla – Love
• ·       Vetiver – Protection, anti-curse/hex
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Blends: 

1.Blend 1:       4 drops orange, 4 drops sandalwood, 3 drops frankincense, 1 drop cinnamon

2.Blend 2:     3 drops each frankincense, myrrh, sandalwood, and patchouli

3. Blend 3:      2 drops rosemary, 1 drop pine, 2 drops lavender, 2 drops patchouli

4.  Blend 4 :    2 drops cedar wood, 2 drops lemongrass, 3 drops sandalwood

5.Blend 5:       2 drops bay, 3 drops lemongrass, 1 drop clove

6. Blend 6:      3 drops tangerine, 2 drops frankincense, 3 drops vetiver, 3 drops rose

7.  Blend 7:     2 drops black pepper, 2 drops pine, 2 drops vanilla, 3 drops lavender

8.  Blend 8:     3 drops bergamot, 3 drops frankincense, 2 drops ginger

9. Blend 9:       2 drops vanilla, 3 drops lavender, 2 drops jasmine

1. Blend 10:   1 drop basil, 2 drops bay, 3 drops grapefruit, 2 drops vetiver 

My Latest Passion

Perfume! Rather, making perfume. I’ve been blending essential oils to create fragrance oils and solid perfumes.

I’ve been having an incredible time and have learned a lot. I have a ginormous list of ideas for god and goddess scents, Sabbat scents, elemental blends, etc. I’m eager to get started, but I am still waiting on my latest oil order to arrive.

I trucked on over to Eden Botanicals and bought a *few* oils and got several free samples in the process. I’m really excited to start experimenting. I have learned a lot from AromaWeb, too. That’s where I first really learned about the notes in a fragrance and the ratio for each one. 

The Eden Botanicals site also has information on what oils are what notes – top, middle, or bottom/base.  Some of their oils are thicker or nearly solid at room temperature and have special blending instructions. I’ve ordered from them before, and I’ve been very satisfied. They may not be cheap with many things, but they do have some good prices. It just depends on how rare the oil is.

I’ll include a screenshot of my first order. My second order was for one single oil – osmanthus.

I have several ideas for each and every one, and ways to include the many oils I already have. I might have a bit of a problem developing here...My house is going to look like an episode of Hoarders. One room already does!

Okay, back to finding more inspiration for future experiments. If you're into making your own natural perfume, too, let's talk about it! 

Essential Oils - My List

Here is a list of the essential oils I have in my collection.  They aren't alphabetized, but they are categorized by type.  Magical uses are also listed. For some of them, I couldn't find any information anywhere, so I just went with intuition and mundane purposes. I use these for magical roll-on solid fragrances, wax melts, regular roll-on solid fragrances, etc.  I am working on blends for each sabbat as well. 

Essential Oils

Citrus/Fruity:

·         Lemon  - physical energy; purification

·         Lime – physical energy; purification

·         Grapefruit – protection; healing

·         Bergamot – physical & magical energy; money

·         Sweet orange – purification

·         Lemongrass – purification; relaxation

·         Neroli – purification; love

Earthy/Woodsy/Green:

·         Patchouli- energy; money; sex

·         Vetiver – protection; money

·         Myrrh – awakens spirituality;  meditation

·         Frankincense – heightened spiritual awareness

·         Cypress – transitions; soothing loss; protection

·         Pine – fertility; protection; prosperity; purification

·         Tea tree – purification

·         Cajeput – purification; healing

·         Sandalwood- protection; purification; spirituality

·         Cedarwood – purification; love; money; spirituality

·         Ho Wood – relaxation; meditation

·         Juniper berry – love; protection

·         Nagarmotha – sex energy

Spicy / Herby :

·         Cinnamon bark – prosperity

·         Clove – purification; mental strength

·         Ginger  - love; sex; passion

·         Allspice – prosperity

·         Nutmeg – money; psychic awareness

·         Caraway - protection

·         Cardamom – healing

·         Thyme - protection

·         Basil – love; money

·         Dill weed – healing

·         Bay – psychic awareness

·         Cumin – calming

·         Sage – purification

·         Parsley – purification

·         Rosemary – purification; love

Floral:

·         Palmarosa – happiness; protection

·         Geranium – happiness; protection

·         Ylang ylang – peace; sex; love

·         Jasmine – love; spirituality

·         Rose – love

·         Clary sage – dreaming

·         Chamomile – calming

·         Lavender – purification; healing; peace; love

·         Citronella

·         Litsea – purification; sweetness

Minty:

·         Peppermint – purification

·         Wintergreen – purification

·         Eucalyptus  - purification

Foody:

·         Cocoa - love

·         Coffee bean – psychic awareness

·         Vanilla – love; lust